Suntory Global Spirits

Director, Analytics – North America Insights

Suntory Global Spirits

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead and own the NA analytics learning agenda aligned to core commercial and brand priorities
  • Co‑lead the Brand Consumption Forecasting process; ensure strong inputs, transparent assumptions, and well‑tested drivers
  • Serve as the US lead for Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), translating global outputs into brand/channel investment guidance and operating principles
  • Own consumption reporting for the business; deliver clear monthly narratives and follow‑up analyses on drivers, risks, and actions
  • Lead the experimentation and in‑market testing agenda (A/B, geo, incrementality), defining success metrics and guardrails for pricing, promo, display, creative, targeting, and distribution
  • Establish measurement frameworks and KPIs for Brand and Commercial teams; evolve dashboards from reports to decision‑support tools with clear thresholds and alerts
  • Act as a trusted advisor to Commercial/Sales and Brand, proactively identifying opportunities in distribution, assortment, pack/price architecture, media ROI, and geographic strategy
  • Partner across Finance, Strategy, Category Strategy, and Global Analytics to align on single‑source truths, reconcile top‑down/bottom‑up views, and accelerate decisions
  • Partner with IT/Data teams to shape data models, pipelines, and dashboards; define user stories, prioritize backlogs, and drive adoption
  • Ensure data quality and governance across NIQ/IRI (scan & panel), NABCA, CGA, and internal sources; maintain documentation, definitions, and data literacy

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in Analytics, Statistics, Economics, Marketing Science, or related; Master’s preferred
  • 10–15 years total in CPG analytics/insights, consulting, or advanced analytics roles supporting sales/brand/portfolio decisions
  • 4–6 years of direct people leadership (team of analysts/ICs; manager‑of‑managers exposure a plus)
  • NIQ/IRI (scan + panel) expertise is required; experience triangulating multiple data sources necessary (e.g. consumption, depletion, shipments, etc), and on‑prem sources
  • Hands‑on or leadership experience with Marketing Mix, forecasting/predictive modeling, assortment, market structure/segmentation, test design/incrementality, KPI frameworks, and dashboarding
  • Track record establishing agile operating rhythms, prioritization, intake/triage, and QA for analytics deliverables at scale
Benefits
  • annual bonus
  • 401K match
  • profit sharing
  • medical and wellness benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
analyticsMarketing Mix Modelingforecastingpredictive modelingKPI frameworksdashboardingA/B testingdata modelingdata governancedata quality
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingdecision-makingprioritizationagile operating rhythmstrust advisordata literacy